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March 19, 2009
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Can Agent Orange Cause Prostate Cancer?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert...waters was contaminated. In 2000 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, had my prostate removed... Read more »
How Long Do Lupron Injections Work?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert...is mainly intended for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer however other uses in the... Read more »
Proscar, Aggressive Tumor Risk Questioned
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...to shrink the prostate, may not cause aggressive prostate cancer tumors after all. Back in 2003,... Read more »
Prostate Cryoablation
By Marc Greenstein , Health ExpertI recently attended the Us TOO, prostate cancer support group, meeting at one of our local... Read more »
The Effect of Cholesterol on Your Prostate
By Dr. Kang , Health ExpertProstate cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and the second leading cause of cancer... Read more »
Health Guide
Prostate cancer
...Alternative Names Cancer - prostate Causes, incidence, and risk factors The cause of prostate cancer is unknown, although some studies have shown a relationship... Read more »PSA Test: How it Works and What Your PSA Level Means
What Does PSA Mean?PSA is a blood test that is commonly used to help predict the presence of prostate cancer. It stands for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) and refers to a protein first identified... Read more »Prostate Cancer Risk Factors
The major risk factors for prostate cancer include genetic, dietary, and environmental factors that effect male hormones (androgens) and make a man more susceptible to this... Read more »Enlarged Prostate and Incontinence
...meaning non-cancerous. When there is an abnormal growth of cells in the prostate gland, it is called prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths among... Read more »PSA Testing and Screening for Prostate Cancer: When to Start
At What Age Should I Start Getting PSA Tests?The age at which one should first have a prostate cancer screening has been debated. The recommendations of the American Cancer Society are for all... Read more »Images
Medications
...affect the results of the blood test used to detect prostate cancer (prostatic-specific antigen... Read more »
...(e.g., certain types of metastatic breast cancer, prostate cancer) and other conditions as... Read more »
... sometimes with radiation treatments to treat prostate cancer. Flutamide belongs to a... Read more »
... of the testicles) or other medications to treat prostate cancer. Nilutamide belongs to a... Read more »
...(LEW-pro-lide)Uses Leuprolide is used to treat advanced prostate cancer in men. It is not... Read more »
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How Prostate Cancer Fuels Itself
June 04, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) New research reveals prostate tumors produce their own testosterone, causing prostate cancer to spread. In research based on... Read summary »
Doctors look for cause of prostate cancer in black men
July 23, 2009Black men get prostate cancer at an earlier age--and are twice as likely to die from it--and doctors say they want to know why. Researchers at Howard... Read summary »
Dissolving Prostate Cancer
May 05, 2008DURHAM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- For decades, ultrasounds have been used to determine the sex, size, and vitality of unborn children. Now,... Read summary »
GPS for Prostate Cancer
May 05, 2008SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- When a prostate shifts during radiation treatment for prostate cancer, technicians run the risk of missing the... Read summary »
Women Motivate Men to Get Screened
December 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It is widely known that early screening is linked to prostate cancer survival, but men are less likely to be screened unless... Read summary »
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